A Northern California man who told a loved one he planned to walk all the way to the Pacific Ocean has gone missing, prompting a search by authorities in Lake County.
Albert Herschler, 38, of Olivehurst—a small Yuba County town about 40 miles north of Sacramento—was reported missing to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office on May 21, officials said in a statement.
Herschler reportedly left his home roughly three weeks ago, telling his family he intended to make the long trek west to the ocean. The last known contact came on May 18, when Herschler phoned his grandmother and said he was “20 miles away from Clearlake” and in need of water, according to the sheriff’s office…